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“Change of life” – at 20 months!

Posted on 30 September 2020 by Polio Australia2 October 2020

By Jen Pretty (Rev.) I have no memory of this place, although I lived here for 6 weeks many years ago, when I was only twenty months old. I have invited … Continue reading →

The after

Posted on 26 September 2020 by Polio Australia9 October 2020

By Colin Ogilvie Just a few words that express my problems seventy years after. Quite often, roughly monthly, severe aches (pain) occurs in various sections of the body which have been … Continue reading →

Beware of operations

Posted on 13 September 2020 by Polio Australia2 October 2020

By Jessie McKay I contracted polio when I was 3 but didn’t get the symptoms of post polio until I was well into my 60’s I am writing this to make … Continue reading →

Poetry and other things

Posted on 12 September 2020 by Polio Australia2 October 2020

By Bob Cowley I was a happy and popular toddler. Then, just after my third birthday, I got polio. I had it for eighteen months – confined to bed, hours of … Continue reading →

Polio Schmolio

Posted on 29 January 2020 by Polio Australia2 October 2020

Thankfully at age 16 the doctor declared that nothing further could be done and I put the very unpleasant experience to the furtherest place in my mind. I studied visual arts … Continue reading →

“I saw the birth of the Paralympics games – but they were not called that then.”

Posted on 9 January 2020 by Polio Australia9 January 2020

By Sheila King In about 1946/7 I was a patient at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Nearly all patients in the ward I was in were there for the long term. The … Continue reading →

Neena Bhandari on SBS Hindi

Posted on 3 January 2020 by Polio Australia3 January 2020

Polio survivor, Neena Bhandari spoke in two interviews on SBS Hindi, to help outreach to polio survivors from CALD backgrounds (all interviews are in Hindi).

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